The response of some Indian citizens to the vote chori allegations reminds me how deeply we’re conditioned to respect authority.
At home, we don’t question elders. At school, we don’t question teachers. At work, we learn to manage our bosses.
I think this conditioning has done enormous damage to our institutions and businesses.
We’ve become so accustomed to equating questioning authority with disrespect that protecting the people in power often takes precedence over holding them accountable.
Like if I can’t focus on a book I toss it and say ‘write a better book fuckface’. How has your shitty writing become my pathology?
There is I think a difference between having a condition called ADHD and having a disease called ADHD.
This is not medical advice.
some places i have tried:
- moolchand kachori in center point (my favourite)
- shibboji (very famous with aligarh people, but i absolutely despise it)
- pathak cafeteria (naanu’s dukaan, i like this too)
Kachoris of India - Aligarh
these are one of my favourite, if not the favourite kachoris of india.
although i have lived all my life in delhi, we used to visit aligarh, to visit my mum & dad’s hometown.
we used to reach early morning, and the first thing was kachori’s from my naanu’s kachori shop. and might be the nostalgia that makes the kachoris better.
these kachoris are served with a super semi-liquid spicy aloo sabzi. to tone the spice down, at most places a raita (buttermilk) is poured on it.
you can also have the buttermilk separately. it usually is spicier than most cities.
you dip the kachoris in the subzi. subzi’s spice is neutralised by the kachori, and it tastes absolutely delicious.
some eateries which i like:
- fateh chand ki kachori (absolutely amazing but not served with aloo subzi it’s the flat kachori kind)
- shri ganesh corner, laxmi nagar
- jung bahadur kachori wala (jb kachori wala), chandni chowk
ideally eat it super hot - as it comes out of the kadhai (big utensil in which the kachoris are cooked).
some people prefer it to eat it separately and some eat it by breaking it into pieces and then pouring piping hot aloo subzi on it.
it’s been a decade since i’ve been eating kachori from this place called shri ganesh corner (right next to laxmi nagar metro station) – starts at around 7am and tastes absolutely amazing.
we get it from the place, and my whole family eats it.
(from what i’ve seen) the flat kachoris are available in the north and west side of delhi, and the dal kachoris you'll get throughout the city.
i have been having the khasta kachoris (dal kachoris) with aloo subzi since my childhood. there should be a crisp but also a doughy bite should come out - that’s what a good kachori is.
Kachoris of India - Delhi 🪷
there are two types of kachoris mainly served in delhi - mainly are the ones which are dal kachoris with aloo subzi (super spicy) and the other ones are flat kachoris (somewhat a larger mathri) with a layer of spicy chole and chutneys on it.